Is It Better to Be Immortal and Cursed or to Be Human and Live For One Day?

Is It Better to Be Immortal and Cursed or to Be Human and Live For One Day?

A
gentleman was walking through the park one night when he met a
man-wolf. The man-wolf was not particularly hungry, as he had just
finished his meal, so he decided to proceed with exchanging pleasantries.

“A
perfect night for a stroll.” said the man-wolf.

“Indeed,
a perfect night for a smoke too, if that is your fancy.” replied
the gentleman, who was lighting a cigar at the moment.

The
man-wolf wrinkled his nose as the stench from the cigar wafted
towards him, “No, I cannot say it is.”

The
gentleman threw away his match and shrugged, “One man's dislike is
another man's pleasure I suppose.”

“Yes,
I suppose.” replied the man-wolf.

The
two men stood there for a while, silent, in the cold autumn night.
They both listened to the rustling of leaves and the hooting of an
owl until one of them spoke again.

“I
wonder, have you ever thought of life?” asked the gentleman.

The
man-wolf pondered this question for a few seconds, “I suppose I
have.”

“I
figure that you are a man who knows the values of life very well,
since you have lived most of it on the prowl,” said the gentleman.
“So I ask you now, is it better to be immortal and cursed or to be
human and live for one day?”

The
man-wolf turned to the gentleman in earnest, “I am assuming you are
asking the relationship between my victims and myself?”

“More
accurately, the comparison
between your so-called victims
and yourself.” replied the gentleman.

The
man-wolf stared into the trees for a little while, watching the birds
settling down for the night. Then he looked to the ground and saw
many ants and crickets heading back to their homes in the grass, as
his eyes were that keen. Then, he answered, “I suppose most men and
women would love to live forever, as they think that it means to
never die... though, that is not entirely true, we must all die
sometime, even if our bodies live on for eternity our hearts and
souls leave us and we no longer feel the hope we once did when we
were young. We no longer feel the thrill of love or the
disappointment of heartbreak. I am earnest with you now, sir, when I
tell you that I would love to feel even heartbreak again, but my soul
left me many years ago when I would have died as a mortal.”

The man-wolf looked away from the gentleman not wanting
to see the look of disgust he was sure he was wearing, but he was
not. He was busy smoking his cigar and thinking of what the man-wolf
had just told him, “So, do you not feel emotion even now that you
are speaking these deep words?”

The
man-wolf turned, “I only feel to survive, I live like an animal
now. I do not feel remorse for my prey, I do not feel the need for
love or indulgence in the finer things, nor even the need for friends
as I require none of these.”

“Then,
my dear sir, what about the other part of the question?” The
gentleman asked.

“That
is my question for you.” the man-wolf replied. “What does it feel
to live one day?”

“I
could not answer that, for my time is far ahead of now even with my
many addictions and pleasures.” The gentleman said.

And
when the gentleman had turned his back for a second, the man-wolf had
regained his hunger and with a snap of his jaws the cigar fell to the
ground and neither of them were ever seen again.

Though
the question lingers on; Is it better to be immortal and cursed or to
be human and live for one day?

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